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Connecticut receives $20.1 million in VA Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans during Q3

By Constitution State News | Oct 16, 2024

The VA issued 53 Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Connecticut during the third quarter of fiscal year 2024, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

Connecticut universities charging more in 2022-23 school year

By Constitution State News | Oct 15, 2024

College tuition fees rose 3.2% in Connecticut in the 2022-23 school year, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.

VA Purchase Loans in Connecticut average $401,850 for Q3

By Constitution State News | Oct 13, 2024

The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Connecticut in the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 was $401,850, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

Connecticut: Device companies were the least FDA inspected companies in Connecticut in Q3

By Constitution State News | Oct 11, 2024

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted three inspections at three device companies from Connecticut in the third quarter of 2024.

Stratford man receives four-year federal sentence for gun trafficking

By Constitution State News | Oct 11, 2024

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Eskavail Gordon, also known as "Vail," aged 21 from Stratford, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison. The sentence was delivered by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford. Following his imprisonment, Gordon will serve three years of supervised release due to a firearm trafficking offense.

VA home loan amount averages $387,175 in Connecticut for Q3

By Constitution State News | Oct 10, 2024

The average VA home loan amount in Connecticut during the third quarter of the fiscal year 2024 was $387,175, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

Taxpayers spent over $221,000 for kids’ ‘sex change’ interventions in Connecticut, report shows

By Constitution State News reports | Oct 10, 2024

Taxpayers spent more than $2.5 million for “irreversible sex change interventions” on children in Connecticut via managed Medicaid between the years 2019 and 2023.

VA’s Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Connecticut average $379,095 for Q3

By Constitution State News | Oct 7, 2024

The VA’s Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Connecticut for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2024 averaged $379,095, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

New Canaan man sentenced for tax evasion; ordered to report in February

By Constitution State News | Oct 7, 2024

Vanessa Roberts Avery, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that Vishal Dhar, a 56-year-old resident of New Canaan, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison. The sentence was delivered by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport. Following his prison term, Dhar will be under supervised release for two years due to tax evasion.

Analysis: Connecticut one of 25 states allowing boys to play girls’ high school sports

By Constitution State News | Oct 6, 2024

An analysis by Constitution State News shows that, following President Biden's new Title IX protections in April 2024, which redefined “sex” to include “gender-identity,” Connecticut is one of 25 states that allow boys to play in girls' high school sports.

VA Purchase Loans in Connecticut average $375,550 for Q2

By Constitution State News | Oct 4, 2024

The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Connecticut in the second quarter of fiscal year 2024 was $375,550, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

Connecticut ranks 22nd in average VA home loan amount in 2023

By Constitution State News | Oct 3, 2024

With $350,771 in issued loans, Connecticut ranked 22nd for the average amount of a VA home loan in 2023, according to figures provided by the Veteran Affairs Home Loans Index.

FDA conducted lowest number of inspections on Devices companies in Connecticut during September

By Constitution State News | Oct 2, 2024

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an inspection at one Devices company from Connecticut in September.

Which type of Connecticut companies were inspected the most by FDA in September?

By Constitution State News | Oct 1, 2024

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted two inspections at two Food and Cosmetics companies from Connecticut in September.

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In Connecticut, 80 people have died after receiving COVID-19 “vaccine”

By Constitution State News | Sep 30, 2024

Connecticut registered 80 deaths after admission of a “COVID-19” MRNA injection, according to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

VA provides 433 home loans in Connecticut totaling $154.5 million in Q2

By Constitution State News | Sep 28, 2024

The U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) issued 433 home loans totaling $154.5 million in Connecticut during the second quarter of the fiscal year 2024, according to the Veterans' Affairs Home Loans Index.

Connecticut experiences lower inflation rate than national average as of August 2024

By Constitution State News | Sep 26, 2024

As of August 2024, Connecticut experienced a 17.2% increase in prices of goods and services since January 2021, compared to the nationwide trend of a 20.3% increase.

VA provides 270 home purchase loans in Connecticut in Q2

By Constitution State News | Sep 25, 2024

There were 270 VA home purchase loans issued in Connecticut in the second quarter of the fiscal year 2024 totaling $101.4 million, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

Seven charged after major counterfeit pill operation disrupted by federal investigation

By Constitution State News | Sep 23, 2024

A federal grand jury in Bridgeport has indicted seven individuals for their roles in a large-scale counterfeit pill manufacturing and trafficking operation. The announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for New England; and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division.

Average VA Purchase Loan amount in Connecticut declines from Q1 to Q2

By Constitution State News | Sep 22, 2024